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Oral Health in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Francisco Rogerio Rodrigues Costa1, Lucio Helio Pereira de Almeida2, Maria Vieira de Lima Saintrain3*, Alinne Patierry Oliveira Pacifico4, Giovanni Iury Martins Pontes4, Cicero Leonardo do Nascimento Braga4, Antonia Gleiciane Marques Andrade5, Eliane Ferreira Sampaio6
2.DDS. MSc. Secretary of Health of the State of Ceara - SESA - Hospital Sso Jose de Doencas Infecciosas (HSJ). Fortaleza - Ceara, Brazil.
3.DDS, MSc, PhD. Post-doctorate in Public Health, Professor of the Public Health Pos-Graduation Program - University of Fortaleza - UNIFOR. Fortaleza- Ceara, Brazil.
4.DDS. Secretary of Health of the State of Ceara (SESA), Center for Dental Specialties (CEO), Fortaleza, Ceara,Brazil.
5.DDS. Secretary of Health of the State of Ceara (SESA), Dr. Carlos Alberto Studart Gomes Hospital, Fortaleza,Ceara, Brazil.
6.DDS. Christus University Center (UNICHRISTUS), Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil
Citation : Francisco Rogerio Rodrigues Costa,et.al, Oral Health in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease International Journal of Research Studies in Biosciences. 2018, 6(6) : 21-27
Background: The chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, with significant impact on general health and, therefore, oral health.
Aim: To identify the relationship between the prevalence of dental caries and tooth loss in patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.
Methods: Epidemiological cross-sectional study including 80 individuals aged 32-93 years. Data were collected using the DMFT index. Mann-Whitney U test, Chi-squared and Fisher's Exact test were used for data analysis with statistical significance set at p< 0.05.
Results: COPD stages of patients were classified into severe/very severe (52.5%) and mild/moderate (47.5%). The DMFT index was 29.8, with a strong relationship between missing teeth and severe/very severe COPD (p=0.019), and required extraction and mild/moderate COPD (p=0.022). Statistical significance was found between COPD and loose teeth (p=0.032). Patients with severe/very severe COPD had a median of 41 years of smoking habit, 38 years of drinking and smoked 40 cigarettes a day.
Conclusions: Patients with COPD presented a high DMFT index; in addition, missing teeth and required extraction were strongly related with COPD.